Former Dub says Club Players Association crucial

A new organisation aiming to alleviate Club GAA fixtures problems was launched on Monday morning in Ballyboden St. Enda's.

The Club Players Association is aiming to be an active and progressive voice for all adult GAA club players and has stated it's primary objective is to 'fix the fixtures'.

One of the ideas mentioned at the launch suggested that the All-Ireland finals could be played by the August bank holiday weekend. The CPA says their priority is to deliver a more meaningful programme with a shorter season.

Former Dublin senior footballer, Kevin Nolan, is involved as the CPA's Player Welfare Co-ordinator and he says it's about time club players had a voice.

"I was suffering in a county set-up because I wasn't playing and I was also suffering with my club because I wasn't playing regularly," he said.

"I was training to train. I was nearly doing more training sessions to prepare for the next training session. It's just about getting your club players available as much and as often as you can without comprising the county set up."

The Club Players' Association are now hoping to be officially recognised at GAA Congress next month.